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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10000, described as Basket; twined. Warp and weft are Willow (Salix). Alteration of peeled and unpeeled warp. Small and flattish with open diagonal twining. No decoration.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236848, described as Diagonally twined, warps of unpeeled redbud, wefts of split peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hemispherical shape. Design: speckled pattern in open work twined motif produced by peeled and unpeeled redbud shoots. Hanging cord (shoelace) attached.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-10002, described as Openwork basket; twined. Warp is Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Maple (Acer macrophyllum). Large and flattish. Woven using "openwork technique.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-236781, described as Seed catch basket in plain twining. Conical. 5 design bands, top three and bottom bands are zigzags, second band from bottom is 2 rows of triangles. Rim damaged and repaired at Museum with cotton string.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-259065, described as Conical shape, open wicker twined with closed twining around upper edge. Made with willow shoot warp and weft.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-20888, described as Sifter. Slightly concave and triangular in form, diagonal twining. Decoration: one black band. Made of willow and brackenfern root ?

Hearst Museum object titled Basket and net, accession number 1-236782a,b, described as Basket with burden net. a) Conical acorn gathering basket, plain twining with whole peeled shoots. b) Knotted netting burden net of cotton cordage.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-235160, described as Burden basket, twined. 6 major design bands (geometric). Poor condition, base lost.

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-211508, described as Conical burden basket. Alternating light and dark design bands. Base is missing, rim has broken away from body of basket in several places, warps broken in several places. Twining, wefts turn down to the right. Warps are made of willow, weft elements are of Xerophyllum tenax and pine root (probably gray pine).

Hearst Museum object titled Burden basket, accession number 1-242538, described as Conical, openwork, plain twined and twill twined. Not quite finished, lacks trimming of ends and addition of rim stick. No design. Warp ends plaited over one another to form 6 cm. wide selvage.